DISCUSSION: Lines 52-54 say that Bettelheim’s argument assumes that children will interpret fairy tales benignly.
So his conclusion depends on children interpreting stories benignly. What happens when children read a story, according to Bettelheim? They solve their own problems (lines 48-52).
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- CORRECT. Bettelheim says children use fairy tales to solve their problems (lines 48-52).
Lines 52-54 say that Bettelheim assumes children will read a fairy tale to have a benign meaning.So if a child reads a fairy tale to have a benign meaning, they will use it to solve their own problems.
- Bettelheim never mentioned the uncanny. Only Freud did.
- Underlying meaning is never mentioned in the passage. But for children to use the fairy tales to solve their problems, presumably they must find some meaning in them.
- Bettelheim never mentions whether children understand that fairy tales aren’t real.
- Parental approval is mentioned on lines 44-45. We’re never told if this reassures the child, and it doesn’t seem to have anything to do with interpreting a story benignly.
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